Non-skid tire-protector.



G.. L. MC'CONNELL. NON-SKID TIRE PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED MAR.29. 19H.

Patented Mm 30 1918..

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NUN-SKU) TIRE-PROTECTOR.

Specification o1 lettersy Patent.

Patented Apr. 3U, 191%.

.application ied March 29, 191'?. Serial No. 158,365. l

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Be it known that 1,' Gutmann L. McCon- NnLr., a citizen of the United States, residing at lllest Lebanon, in the county of Warren,

. State of lndiana,have invented a new and slipping devices that they may he enabled titi titl

A tire.

to assist in securing the outer casing -for the A; still further object is to provide a single strap, whereby the outer casing may be secured to the tiren @ther objects` will. appear in the detailed description of the invention which follows.

The same numerals oi reference designate the saine parts in all of the several figures of the drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side-ele ation of an auto1nobile'wheel, showing the' invention attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line Z-Qsof Fig. 1.

l1 ig. 3 is a section. on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. d is a detailed perspective, showing a modilied torni of the anti-slipping device.

ln the drawings, 1 represents an automa bile wheel having the telly 2 andthe tire rim 3 to which is attached the tire 4L. The outer casing' 5 is designed to cover the tire and to completely inclose the latter up to the rim 3. rlhis Outer casing is preferably constructed of heavy canvas out on the bias and has elasl tic bands o inclosed'at its edges, so that the casing'will be drawn close around the tire when placed upon they latter.

ll'niorinly spaced around the (dyeing 5 and suitably all-lined thereto by rivets El are curved plates 7 and 8. Plates 7 and 8 are of different widths, the narrow platesf alternating with the wide plates 7 in their positions on the casing A Transverse friction plates l() are mede vof `the driving` Wheel.

integral parts of the plates 7 and 8 and serve to provide a firm gri on the ground when the linvention is app ied to an automobile tire.

rlhe extensions 11 of the plates 8 are adapted to surround the casing 5, terminating' close to the elastic bands 6. These extensions are designed to be resilient, so as tobo sprung laterally, whereby the casing may be more easily remo-ved from the tire 4.

The plates 7 are provided with a resilient extension 12 similar to the extension 11 of the plates 8.` rlhe plates 7 are also rovided with extensions 13 which have e ongated transverse eyes 14: formed therein. In ,attaching to the casing 5, the plates 7 vare divided into two sets, those of one 'set alter nating" with those of the other set. One set is so arranged as to bring all of the extensions 13 on onel side ,of the casing 5, while the other set is .positioned to bring the er# tensions 13 on the opposite side of the easing. rlhe belt 15 then passes through one eye 1&1, (which is adjacent the felly) through the eye 14 of the next succeeding and oppositely disposed extension 13, then back adjacent the inner circumference of the telly and through the eye of the next. succeeding extension and so on, terminating near the eye which was first engaged where it engages the buckle 16 attached toits other end. The extensions 18 containing the eyes are designed to have the saine amount of resiliency as the extensions 12 to permit them to yield when the strap 15 is being attached. y

ln place of the plates 7 and 8, plates 18, substantially identical with the plate shown in Fig. e, may be used.

The inventionlis very useful when traveling in the country' where muddy roads may be traversed and steep grades encountered,

sin'ce smooth tires will not always engage a slippery 'road surface. The frictionplates 10 insure a positive engagement with such -a slippery surface and relieve the engine of the undue strains ordinarily imposed upon it by the intermittent slipping and gripping Further, the outer easing 5 acts as a-protectin armor for the.

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tire, thereby preventing un ue wear on the tire.

Whatis claimed is: ln combination, a canvas shield engagingv substantially about a wheel tire, a plurality of non-skid plates curved in cross section to Conform to the tire and the shield thereon and riveted to the shield, said plates having spring end portions, and one end of eaeh plate having a Slot', every other plate having its slotted end on the side of theJ tire, opposite the slot of anw-adjacent plate, and a eXible member passed back and forth across the rim of the Wheel and through the slots 10 of said seyera'i plates, whereby they are secured together with the covering in place on the Wheel. l l

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GOLDMAN L. MCCONNELL.

Witnesses:

F. O. KELLY, ROBERT E. MCCONNELL. 

